#5f9ea9

Color #5f9ea9

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.25 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5f9ea9

RGB

rgb(95, 158, 169)

HSL

hsl(188.9, 30.1%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.9, 43.8%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.8%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(61.44, -17.29, -12.08)

LCH

lch(61.44, 21.09, 214.94)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.0667, 209.83)

HWB

hwb(188.9, 37.3%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a96a5f

Analogous

#5fa98f

#5f9ea9

#5f79a9

Triadic

#5f9ea9

#a95f9e

#9ea95f

Split-complementary

#5f9ea9

#a95f79

#a98f5f

Tetradic

#5f9ea9

#6a5fa9

#a96a5f

#9ea95f

Square

#5f9ea9

#8f5fa9

#a96a5f

#79a95f

Shades

Color #5f9ea9 mixed toward black.

#4d858f

#3e6b73

#2e5056

#1f3539

#0f1b1d

Tints

Color #5f9ea9 mixed toward white.

#7aaeb7

#94bec6

#afcfd4

#cadfe2

#e4eff1

Tones

Color #5f9ea9 mixed toward gray.

#659aa3

#6b959d

#729197

#788d90

#7e888a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f80a6 · ΔE 23.5

Deuteranopia

#7b76a6 · ΔE 25.6

Tritanopia

#63a4a4 · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 17.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5f9ea9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f9ea9]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#5f9ea9 (#5f9ea9) is rgb(95, 158, 169) in RGB.

No, #5f9ea9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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